#FashionMayhem2024

MAY REVIEW/ MAI RÜCKBLICK
  [German original below, this part is translated with deepl ^^]
  There wasn't supposed to be that much going on this month, but with the two unofficial challenges #FashionMayhem2024 and #Glorious Food, it didn't feel like it.
  I actually wanted to finish my Kodo (an animal similar to a rhino) or finally Elmir (I made a bit of progress), but then it was the challenges again. For Fashion MAYhem by Tillerz it was the second basic knowledge article after the one about the spheres last month. In Clothing there is a small overview of clothing in Yenort - surprising, I know.
 
  And then I was really looking forward to Food, glorious food by moonflower-writing - so much so, after all, that I cooked a few things as soon as I found out about it. I would have had pictures for four to five articles and the Tandera pot was still pending, but I ended up with two articles, a commonplace dish, patties of Melsen, and a rather luxurious sweet, ezicarrel or sweet nut balls:
 
  And what's next in June? There's still a lot of honourary work to do before the middle of the month, but I've got to get through it. And then there will definitely be some homework and one or two unofficial challenges. #Botanica2024 in any case and then we'll see. Kodos? Elmir? One of the other unfinished or to-be-revised articles? After all, I also want to get further with Stubout 2024. Let's see.
 
 
  Eigentlich sollte diesen Monat ja gar nicht so viel los sein, aber mit den beiden inoffiziellen challenges #FashionMayhem2024 und #Glorious Food fühlte es sich nicht so an.
  Eigentlich wollte ich ja mein Kodo (ein Tier ähnlich einem Nashorn) fertig stellen oder doch mal endlich Elmir (ein bisschen kam ich weiter), aber dann waren es doch wieder die Challenges. Für Fashion MAYhem von Tillerz wurde es dann der zweite Grundwissen-Artikel nach dem über die Sphären letzten Monat. In Bekleidung gibt es einen kleinen Überblick über Bekleidung in Yenort – überraschend, ich weiß.
  Und dann freute ich mich sehr auf Food, glorious Food von moonflower-writing – so sehr immerhin, dass ich mach Bekanntwerden bereits einiges kochte. Bilder hätte ich für vier bis fünf Artikel gehabt und der Tandera-Topf stand auch noch aus, aber es wurden immerhin zwei Artikel, ein Allerweltsgericht, die Melsenbratlinge, und eine ziemlich luxuriöse Süßigkeit, die Ezicarrel oder auch Süßnusskugeln:
  Und was folgt jetzt im Juni? Bis zur Monatshälfte noch einiges an Ehrenamt, aber gut, da muss ich durch. Und hier folgen wohl auf jeden Fall Hausaufgaben und dann gegebenenfalls die ein oder andere inoffizielle Challenge. #Botanica2024 wohl auf jeden Fall und dann mal sehen. Kodos? Elmir? Einer der anderen unfertigen oder zu überarbeitenden Artikel? Immerhin will ich auch mal bei Stubout 2024 weiter kommen. Schauen wir mal.

Ahlan wa sahlan, my dear friends! This has been one crazy month for #Aransha and there’s a lot to unpack. So...whats happened?  

Best of Worldanvil nominee #WAWA2024

    Aran’sha was nominated for best newcomer - meeting all the other nominees, swapping stories and the award ceremony was a real treat. And while Aran’sha did not win first place in the end, I want to thank everyone who voted for me (and the whole community) from the bottom of my heart.
It was a blast to meet all those other talented people and if you have not already - check out every single one of the nominees!


   

Look into the stars - #Astralis!:

    Aran’sha WON an unofficial challenge! The celestial circle won first prize in the wonderful challenge
“Look into the Stars - #Astralis with a personal rating from the host Blue Fairy 74 for “Wonderful reading pleasure”. (Also, check out Blue Fairy's worlds, they're gorgeous)
    I also recommend to read all about the other winners, as there were a lot of really fantastic articles: Star-sparkling Winners
  Lastly I want to add an honorable mention here for "Stars" by SpyglassRealm - while it was finished too late for the challenge, its an awesome article and deserves a read. Check it out here: STARS

 

Even more challenges - #FashionMayhem2024 and #Glorious Food !

  Since those two were too good to pass up, I entered two more challenges this month:   Fashion MAYhem by Tillerz with “Kaharan Silk” (check out its sister article Silk Hunters too)
  Food, glorious Food with “Ria'm” - For this I returned to one of my first articles and gave it a complete rewrite!

   

Whats next?

I’m excited for my first summercamp, TuneJUNE and “the show your colors” challenge. And lets not forget the newest addition, the botany challenge and a bunch of CSS changes to Aran'sha, including a new banner!   See you next month with new tales from Aran'sha! And if you have feedback/suggestions, feel free to dm me or leave a comment.    

So I decided to publish my entry for #FashionMayhem2024 even though the art isn't completely finished yet, because I'm not sure if I have enough time to finish everything and post the article in time.
Here it is:   One nice thing that came out of this ordeal is the fact that I now have a nice placeholder image... of a crab... a very cute crab...
One less nice thing is that if I managed to do this in the same month as getting a new job, I no longer have an excuse to procrastinate working on my novel... oops...

Decided to go to the Alpha Quadrant this time and give my eastern-style continent of Marai some love. I'm not a fashionista but this was surpsisingly fun to write. Please enjoy!
  #FashionMayhem2024 #UnofficialChallenge
 
 

Here you've my entry for this wonderful and really interesting challenge!. I played a bit with CSS (thanks to Cato and Mochi for their help!) and I also decided to change a bit the layout of the article. I hope it's not chaotic and you can enjoy reading the article!. Drawing the art for this article has been both a challenge and a delight and I think the hours spending drawing the images is worthy it!.
 

See the details here if you haven't started yet. :) Very broad topic, so look it up.
 
  #FashionMayhem2024 #UnofficialChallenge

Well the Ethnicity article is coming along, 9k+ words... It's gunna get done! I swear! Either way, work is rapidly trying to kill me so I haven't had a ton of time to work on something I legitimately care about. But, I saw Tillerz Fashion challenge and Couldn't help myself. Did end up making my first full color illustration for the article though! Finally got around to making my goblins look... Gobliny? Instead of just black and white ink drawings. So there's that bit of personal progress!
  The next chapter for the manuscript is almost done, well. I say almost, it's like 40% if you count the draft is halfway done with no editing. Oh well. I do plan on participating in one other unofficial challenge this month too. Something quite mouth watering!
 
  #FashionMayhem2024, #UnofficialChallenge.

Just one month has gone by, but so many things have changed. I got a new job, which means less time and mental capacity for writing and worldbuilding. Mental health has been going up and down like crazy, but I'm managing. I've been doodling a lot this month too, which is nice.

You ever had that feeling that you really, really want to create something but can't bring yourself to do it? That's where I'm at right now, and it sucks. I'm also starting to get more and more aware of my finite time on this earth, which sucks too.

Existential dread aside, I have something cooking for Tillerz's #FashionMayhem2024 #UnofficialChallenge, but it's kind of ambitious so I'm not even sure if I can get it finished before the deadline. Some things never change ^^

Either way, take care, stay safe, and have a nice day.

Elegant attire, ornate headpieces, tailored outfits, crafting implements, textiles, dye production, fabric trade routes, a boutique, a stylish individual... anything fashion related! Go to the article here:     #UnofficialChallenge #FashionMayhem2024